Disney Releases iPad/iPhone App To Promote

The tale might be as old as time, but it's still necessary for Disney to remind us that their 1991 Best-Picture nominee Beauty And The Beast is released on home video every nine years or so. On October 5th, Disney will be releasing the film on BluRay, so in order to get the kids who didn't grow up with a VHS copy playing in the house all day to get the film, they've created two iPad/iPhone Apps to 'celebrate' its release.

The tale might be as old as time, but Disney still feels the need to remind us that its 1991 Best Picture nominee Beauty And The Beast is released on home video every nine years or so. The company is "celebrating" the October 5th release of the movie on Blu-ray with new iPad/iPhone apps.

The first is Enchanted Rose, which provides you with a virtual version of the one in the film. It acts as a virtual 'He loves me, he loves me not' game, in case you're too lazy to actually pick up a flower and do it that way. There goes your male audience, by the way...unless they're enthralled by the second app. That one is a silly version of those flashlight apps. Each time you touch Lumiere (of "Be My Guest" fame), one of his candles goes alight, but if you blow into the microphone (or make any sound for that matter), the candles go out.

Both apps are free and there is an iPad version of Enchanted Rose. They will keep your child entertained for all of one second, but at least it might make them want to actually see the movie itself.